05 Aug 2021

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For those states that have passed orders against various safety measures such as requiring masks at workplaces or schools: Why is it okay to set record numbers of infections? Why is it okay to set record numbers of hospitalizations? Why is it okay for some of these people to die? Why is it okay to incur hundreds of millions and potentially billions of dollars in hospitalizati...
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06 Apr 2021

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This recent article on a study by Microsoft identified some disturbing trends that many of us have been discussing. Microsoft revealed the latest truths about working from home. One is truly disturbing The article points out that while many executives have been pleased and doing well with work-from-home situations, other employees have struggled mightily.  This dichotomy in perceptio...
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05 Apr 2021

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This week Fred, Luis, and Nick take a look back at the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic remembering the more than 1/2 million deaths in the US and over 2 1/2 Million deaths worldwide and review some of the many lessons learned during the pandemic and the importance of continued support data gathering, sharing of information and ongoing focus on public health now and into the future. ...
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31 Mar 2021

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As many of you will recall I got an original Apple Watch 1 at HIMSS in 2016.  I really enjoyed it, but over the years the screen got dimmer and dimmer until I was unable to use it. Then the pandemic came along and along with no watch, I canceled my gym membership at LA Fitness (that took some time due to their efforts to make cancelation as difficult as possible) causing my exercise rout...
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25 Mar 2021

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  This week Luis, and Nick review the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine rollout in the context of digital health tools. We discuss scheduling software, coordination, telehealth, and home monitoring and the importance of capturing the data for future reporting, and how this has been an essential tool and contribution to advances made in fighting the pandemic Our weekly question an...
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16 Mar 2021

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Recently there has been a lot of discussion of using incentives or penalties to improve the vaccination rates for COVID-19. Hesitancy is a big concern and getting vaccines into enough people to create some level of Herd Immunity rapidly given the variants is very important. While incentives for COVID vaccines are a relatively new topic, this has been an ongoing issue for decades in the w...
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11 Mar 2021

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  This week Fred, Luis, and Nick review the challenges of re-opening, what companies and schools need to consider as they think about reopening. Are there measures that you need to think about, what does herd immunity mean and how is it relevant and how do you track and process all the various options that individuals may have around testing, symptoms, vaccines (including which o...
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09 Mar 2021

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Here is an excellent article Sustaining University Operations during the COVID-19 Pandemic  published in Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness by Ben Ryan et al, on the work done at Baylor University to open and operate during the COVID-19 Pandemic.  There are many recommendations that they identified which can help other schools and businesses operate safer, including: E...
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08 Mar 2021

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    Well it took a while but we realized we had never posted this on the website. Catch this interesting discussion Fred had with Stacy Richter discussing the Six Essential Steps to Get Population Health Right, on the Relentless Health Value Podcast. Read the transcript here   http://chtbl.com/track/9DDG2/traffic.libsyn.com/healthvalue/RHV_261_Fred_Golds...
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